The girl and Lu Mingfei stared at each other, both stunned for a moment.
"Are you... Sister Xia Mi's friends?"
"Yes, yes." Lu Mingfei nodded hurriedly.
Half an hour later, Xia Mi, the other key person involved, finally rushed to the police station.
The moment she entered, her gaze locked onto Lin Xiaoyu. She asked with concern, "Xiaoyu, are you okay? I heard you were harassed by some pervert."
"I'm fine, Sister Xia Mi." Lin Xiaoyu pointed at the two handcuffed men beside her. "They said... they were your friends."
"Friends?" Xia Mi gave a dismissive snort at first, then her gaze landed on Lu Mingfei. She looked him over from head to toe, her pretty brows knitting slightly. "Who are you? I don't know you."
Her tone was icy, carrying unmistakable distance and scrutiny.
Lu Mingfei hurriedly forced out a fawning smile and instinctively leaned forward, as though trying to get closer to explain. "Xia Mi, Senior Brother He—Senior Brother He Xiaomeng—and I are really close friends! My dorm was right next to his! He took great care of me when we were in school. Whenever we chatted, he always said his little sister was smart and beautiful... Really, everyone had heard him talk about you. We were all looking forward to you enrolling."
"Oh..." Xia Mi drew out the word without much expression on her face. Her gaze left him and turned toward Chu Zihang, who had remained silent the whole time.
Her tone suddenly took on a teasing, playful edge, and her eyes curved slightly. "Isn't this Teacher Chu? What are you doing here... experiencing life?"
Then she shook her head and sighed in an affectedly mature tone about how society was going downhill and people had lost their morals, to the point that even the usually